11. A: Did you get your Official Sample Ballot?
B: Yes, with the Voter Instructions.
A: How are you going to vote?
B: Same as ever, by mail. All it costs me is a 42‐cent stamp.
A: I meant, are you going to vote for or against the new taxes?
B: Against all of them, of course!
A: But we need new taxes to pay for highways, schools, and prisons.
B: We've already voted for new taxes to pay for all that stuff!
A: That's true. Where did that money go?
B: Our legislators spent it on first‐class travel all over the world.
A: They are having a good time with our money!
B: So when are we going to stop giving them more? 1.9